Interesting article but misleading. I am the person you're writing about that created the app prior to them putting it out for quote, and prior to them initiating an app based program. If you would have asked for comments (which you didn't) you would have learned that I actually reached out to them prior to any of their development. I still have the emails and phone messages that show that. I had 3 different meetings at their Salem office, including one with Mr. Melcher. There actually was an app prior to theirs that worked (which was demonstrated on an actual phone to them), The app included a zone locater that was GPS based so you didn't have to look up and guess where you were on a river which would have allowed them in real time to track catch reporting to be able to better balance their resources and track real time catches from the bank. One sided reporting with false assumptions. Seems that what the press does these days.
I emailed you asking for comment on 2/14/2021. You emailed me back on 2/16/21. Here is your email in its entirety:
"Joe:
Thank you for reaching out. I would prefer to not discuss any details at this point. If you are still interested, perhaps you could reach out again after the matter is settled.
Thank you.
Iiley Thompson"
It's a little late at this point but if you want to talk about the case, I'm still open to it. I'm at joe@letterspatent.org. Check your ftwrx.com email address, that's where I emailed you and where you responded from.
"I asked Thompson to talk about his case to get his side of it, but he declined an interview." Missing the context of I did respond and would be willing to talk later, and designed to form a reaction by the reader.
"….If you would have asked for comments, but didn't" missing the context of asking after the case like I said and designed to form a reaction by the reader.
I'm just a guy who likes to fish and it's old news. I was doing a search on patents with my name on them for some footwear info and that popped up....never actually saw your article until yesterday. Personally I didn’t like the tone of it from the opening paragraph and because I lived through it, knew there are several inaccuracies. I did create an app, (link sent to your email). You could have download it for free at the time. It didn't have the full features turned on (menu items are visible on the patent) but that was the version available for free on the Apple App Store to show proof of concept. I stopped paying the renewal fee once the ODFW thing didn't proceed so you can't pull it up anymore in the store...but it was there and only part of a bigger package presented to Fish and Wildlife.
I was naive. I am a fisherman that was frustrated with an archaic system and had an idea. It was more than some troll trying to squeeze money out of someone. I invested a significant amount of time and money beginning in early 2014, including a DC attorney group specializing in software patents (and the Alice act). The app was thought through, engineered and worked and I assumed because of the call backs, meetings, and even the contact by the State District Attorney, there was a shot, but knew there was risk. It was presented as part of a bigger vision of a long term opportunity to the State that could have been a revenue driver for them. I agreed to invest more into their integration needs with law enforcement or whatever it would take to make it happen. But...in the end...they put some parameters in the request for quote that eliminated me from realistically getting it so that's the reason I went after them. Spilled milk....not exactly fodder for a movie.
You set a tone for your articles and have a point of view. So do the guys below.
CNN - The Most Trusted Name in News.
FOX News - Real News....Real Honest Opinion
Both are true. Both are wrong. Depends how and who they present to. Cheers.
Interesting article but misleading. I am the person you're writing about that created the app prior to them putting it out for quote, and prior to them initiating an app based program. If you would have asked for comments (which you didn't) you would have learned that I actually reached out to them prior to any of their development. I still have the emails and phone messages that show that. I had 3 different meetings at their Salem office, including one with Mr. Melcher. There actually was an app prior to theirs that worked (which was demonstrated on an actual phone to them), The app included a zone locater that was GPS based so you didn't have to look up and guess where you were on a river which would have allowed them in real time to track catch reporting to be able to better balance their resources and track real time catches from the bank. One sided reporting with false assumptions. Seems that what the press does these days.
I emailed you asking for comment on 2/14/2021. You emailed me back on 2/16/21. Here is your email in its entirety:
"Joe:
Thank you for reaching out. I would prefer to not discuss any details at this point. If you are still interested, perhaps you could reach out again after the matter is settled.
Thank you.
Iiley Thompson"
It's a little late at this point but if you want to talk about the case, I'm still open to it. I'm at joe@letterspatent.org. Check your ftwrx.com email address, that's where I emailed you and where you responded from.
"I asked Thompson to talk about his case to get his side of it, but he declined an interview." Missing the context of I did respond and would be willing to talk later, and designed to form a reaction by the reader.
"….If you would have asked for comments, but didn't" missing the context of asking after the case like I said and designed to form a reaction by the reader.
I'm just a guy who likes to fish and it's old news. I was doing a search on patents with my name on them for some footwear info and that popped up....never actually saw your article until yesterday. Personally I didn’t like the tone of it from the opening paragraph and because I lived through it, knew there are several inaccuracies. I did create an app, (link sent to your email). You could have download it for free at the time. It didn't have the full features turned on (menu items are visible on the patent) but that was the version available for free on the Apple App Store to show proof of concept. I stopped paying the renewal fee once the ODFW thing didn't proceed so you can't pull it up anymore in the store...but it was there and only part of a bigger package presented to Fish and Wildlife.
I was naive. I am a fisherman that was frustrated with an archaic system and had an idea. It was more than some troll trying to squeeze money out of someone. I invested a significant amount of time and money beginning in early 2014, including a DC attorney group specializing in software patents (and the Alice act). The app was thought through, engineered and worked and I assumed because of the call backs, meetings, and even the contact by the State District Attorney, there was a shot, but knew there was risk. It was presented as part of a bigger vision of a long term opportunity to the State that could have been a revenue driver for them. I agreed to invest more into their integration needs with law enforcement or whatever it would take to make it happen. But...in the end...they put some parameters in the request for quote that eliminated me from realistically getting it so that's the reason I went after them. Spilled milk....not exactly fodder for a movie.
You set a tone for your articles and have a point of view. So do the guys below.
CNN - The Most Trusted Name in News.
FOX News - Real News....Real Honest Opinion
Both are true. Both are wrong. Depends how and who they present to. Cheers.